scoff

  • 21scoff — v. (D; intr.) to scoff at * * * [skɒf] (D; intr.) to scoff at …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22scoff — n British food. A noun formed from the colloquial verb (itself probably from an imitative dia lect word) and used, particularly by young people, as a more fashionable syn onym for grub. In fact this use of scoff dates from the 19th century. ►… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 23scoff — [skof] 1. tv. & in. to eat (something). (See also scarf.) □ He’s upstairs scoffing in his room. □ She scoffed three hamburgers and a large order of fries. 1. n. food. □ This scoff is gross! □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 24scoff at — phr verb Scoff at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑idea …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25scoff — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, affront, aspersion, atrocity, back answer, barrack, belittle, bolt, boo, brickbat, caustic remark, chaff, chow, comeback, comestibles, contempt, contumely, crack, cut, cut at, cutting remark, deride,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26scoff — To eat food Better go scoff, I m starving …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 27scoff — To eat food Better go scoff, I m starving …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 28scoff — steal, pinch    People who scoff books from the library are thieves …

    English idioms

  • 29scoff — I. v. a. Mock, deride, jeer, scoff at. II. v. n. Mock, jeer, gibe, sneer, flout, deride, ridicule. III. n. 1. Sneer, gibe, jeer, taunt, flout, biting jest, mock. 2. Derision, ridicule, mock, reproach …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30scoff — n 1. jeer, gibe, sneer, fleer, flout, fling, raillery, chaff; poke, dig, cut, rub, barb; insult, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy, slur, invective, disparagement, defamation; taunt, quip, wisecrack, thrust, skit; boo, hiss, hoot, catcall, cry, U …

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